netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4] rps: selective flow shedding during softnet overflow

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Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:00:45 -0400
From:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] rps: selective flow shedding during softnet overflow

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 6:41 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:31:34 -0400
>
>> - disable the kconfig option by default, as it is workload specific.
>
> If this logic only kicks in during overload, I see no reason why we
> shouldn't have this protection enabled unconditionally, all the time.
>
> Does it hurt performance under normal workloads?
>
> If the new logic is controlled by overload thresholds then it should
> have no impact whatsoever in non-overload scenerios.

It only adds one branch in that case. I was (probably too) conservative.

Do you want me to resubmit the entire patch with the Kconfig
dependency on RPS that Eric proposed?
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